Benedict. Were back in session and well now go to item nine which is discussion of the enforcement report and discussion on various Program Highlights and various activity since the last monthly meeting. Thank you, chair. We had a productive month. Received nine new complaints. We opened 11 new investigations, and we dismissed 23 complaints which put a significant dent in our outstanding preliminary review matters. The details for which i can oh, no, i have it in here. 58 complaints only remain in preliminary review. So when we started this process, when we were down all investigators, we had almost 190 unreviewed complaints, and were down to 58, so im proud of my staff. Theyre doing a great job. And thanks to everyone in the review chain that has to get through all that information. Its a heavy lift. I also wanted to highlight that youll recall the Sunshine Ordinance Task force received a complaint that this commission violated the sunshine ordinance regarding taking of vote of doing
That would be to actually submit a matching funds claim once they have been certified as eligible to matching for public fund financing. The certification eligibility is relevant and important because it releases a first initial grant to candidates for their campaigns. After that point, they will then submit matching funds claims to have contributions matched up to the limits within the law. So i hope that clarifies the filing process a bit. Yeah. So the im doing that in part for the public whos watching. But im also wondering, too, if by the next meeting of the commission, which is on the 16th, i believe and well have a cleer pictuarer picture as t been certified and their data. Great, and youll also have a clearer picture of your staff demands, especially if theyre all Going Forward big money. Mayors office requires considerable funds because youre reaching out to everybody in the city in a very robust and aggressive way, especially when theres a strong candidate base. Thank you. Tha
Filing a complaint with the federal government. Could we have a system where we would wait 90 days or 110 days . See if anything happens there and then we pursue it. One of the things which concerns me is a duplication of effort by governmental agencies. I think thats right. I think theres the potential of duplication of effort, but, more importantly, theres no requirement in any law that the entity filing a complaint with the state tell us. So we wouldnt know whether or not theyre conducting an investigation into our city. I think thats the concern that people have, the government has, with encouraging people to whistleblow internally so that the Government Agency itself can conduct the investigation. So if somebody filed a complaint with the state alleging misuse of city funds in city aberrations, that would be covered by whistle blower protection laws. And that state would be bound by their own requirements, and they wouldnt be able to share information about it. So it really is bla
Were papers were filed in superior court by one of the mayoral candidates, Angela Alioto for mayor, and Angela Alioto for mayor 2018 committee, seeking to enjoin Public Financing for the mark leno for mayor 2018 committee. Those papers were filed in an initial hearing held last friday in superior Court Department 302. We were represented as a named party by the City Attorneys office, and this morning, after a subsequent hearing and subsequent papers filed this week, the judge issued a tentative order denying injunctive relief. And ill leave the details for the City Attorney to provide you with, but i just want to convey our appreciation and thanks to andrew shan in particular for really getting some terrific papers in and being she soliticious very soliticious of us ill turn it over to andrew. Ill be very brief. I just wanted to clarify, even though the document is titled a tentative order, the judge did adopt it as the final order from the bench as this mornings hearing. I also want t
Out with the meet and confer, and if we could have this at our next meeting, which would be our last chance, really, to have a vote, get four votes and put it on the ballot for june, i think thats something we really should try our best at doing. Thats my opinion. Commissioner renne . Well, as i understand what staff is asking us first, because we originally had a 2016 version, which is the one we sent to the board. After their meetings, they made some revisions, and theyre now proposing the 2017 version which they want us to use yes, thats the one we want to go forward with or, no, we want to go with 2016. I understand that. So the first vote but ive got some questions. I understand that, but my point is whichever one we decide, whether its the 2016 one or 2017 one, lets move it to get it on the ballot. Absolutely. But i have a couple of questions about the meet and confer. Suppose you meet and confer and the agency says we dont like this, or we want that, and we dont agree to what th